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A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" (privacy.thenexus.today)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon".

But on July 14, @alexeheath of the Verge reported that Meta's saying ActivityPub integration's "a long way out". Hey wait a second. Make up your mind already!

From the perspective of the "free fediverse" that's not welcoming Meta, the new positioning that ActivityPub integration is "a long way out" is encouraging. OK, it's not as good as "when hell freezes over," but it's a heckuva lot better than "soon." In fact, I'd go so far as to say "a long way out" is a clear victory for the free fediverse's cause.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If someone plans to move to my neighborhood and that one has a record of burning down houses, it's not a good idea to give it a chance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I know everyone doesn't like the idea of meta federating but that's the reason I got my wife to try mastodon. Just saying.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Threads will only federate if they are required to by law.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Bummer I honestly can’t wait until we can integrate. Connecting with some who would just never come to the fediverse otherwise

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

Bummer I honestly can’t wait until we can integrate. Connecting with some who would just never come to the fediverse otherwise

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Actually I still think meta doing activity pub would be overall a good thing and a win for all of us. Users should decide what will be the best platform for them to use, free from any content locking reasons.

Meta being able to create completely new social network overnight and still getting more users then entire Fendiverse without the need to open up anything... That feels more like a loose for me.

But this is a very unpopular opinion here.

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